, 1887-03-12

the money now and keep cholera away
Rndsave those lives t. the community.
If so many people die You will nave
10 pay To bury the victims. Was it not
cheaper To save them by judicious expen.
diturp nUwf Many cities in the world are
as bad IA Kingston There are cities IN
France. cities in Italy, in Spain and in the
E at as bad as Kingston, if not worse. But
it in plecis 'ly to these places hat ClIolerH
goes. Let w be warned by these examples.
In 90 and 70 here were no sanitary laws
here. stable manure ana all sorts OF filth
were used to repair The streets. Pigs wan.
dt red at their W sweet will along tho
thor0u%lIfarrS, burrowing in the earth,
wallOWing in the mire. There was no Wa.
ter supply. The people got nOst of their
water from wells and there is no more fruit
FIJI source Of ChOleraic germs than q we'll
in y city, subj. CT IN it in to have the water
therein CON animated BY the ptrcolatinm
of Srwa@r thrOu. h the porous soil. These
fortunately are mostly lone away with.
In Edinburgh 81 wears ago there was no
system ut all IN HAa for the rem0val Of
refuse and f;ecal matter. 1t was collected
in tabs aud thrown Out of IL window into
the open street. Cholera broke out in
: Ar'l, q in lS49 and out OF 1860 inhabI.
tAItH 1O1 died. There was another out.
break in 1896, but then Cardiff had n wa
Ter supply thar cOSt the City &4OJ 900 and
the D. pIlaIi0n was hen 80 to "a, 90; 14O
only deed. A third outbreak occurred in
1874 with a population of $4,000, and only
"a to 80 died. There has been u saving in
the death rate Of - per thou %and. The
deatlI-rate in Kingston when free from
epidemic was ah0Hl 81 PER thOuS md. Let
the proper sanitary arrangements reduce
it to 20 per thousand and save Ii people
~ A-Ar.. ,",,, --l1 M = -.Il H.
"a saving at the end OF 5 years of 500 lives,
and ii each person is only worth GlOO To
the = community. yOu have saved in money
value $500 IN This is the practical way
to look ut the que ton. 1t IS not by cheese.
pairing economy that any good reSnlt can
he obtained IN such II jnncture. here is
another mailer. The sire, Is ShOnld hU
swept and flushed ut ) O'clock H. The morn
ing and not when people a. Z going 70 heir
business Or Ladies are going 10 the . ores
Sh0ppi &.
Tn rr = e three principal things which
promote Cholera.
LIST Individual suscppt ibility,
2 d, Iusa ita,y surroundings,
3rd Imported disease.
Quarantine iS IF Little avail. We should
use it, but not rely upon it, because. i is
muRt likely 10 Ia J. We must stop tins
foni lInpn coming fiom to,0a. We must
give a right ut SrArcIl - the officers OF the
sanitary boa It's and all II I'll must be Sut,.
jrc;eI TO at least 2t2 dag. If heat in steam
wash h"u> "r i heated chambers. TIE
6W baths o: Kingston must b' dome away
with for - time; ard til, Str, ANS Ut dirty
water. the fave itp hre, ding SpoiS % Ch0lc.
III germ must not be allowed to flow dow
the streets, " hiClI must b.. kept AS dry IN
possible. Then W. muS' rX, TtiNr self dpnI.
al. There must be no rich mars bath and
p0cr mans tun. w, must restrict our
water supply. Steam wa>hhOuSeS should
he prov il, q, where poOr W men can wath
linen wi b hO watt for q small feeI Well,
ynu go with me in thiS9 (AppfansF'.)
There are 3. 200 water closets or prirleS III
Kingston. Let nS abolish them and use
earth closets. They can h. obtained at -
cheap cate, from - few shi:lings to some
pounds. We should thrn deprive dipthe-
ria and typhoid fever Of their fool aud
rrdmc greatly he risk ofChalera.
"Let the city b. RESPONSIBLE for the
cleansing and levy he cost ON h
rates" We shall have longer lives and IN.
JOY them more for We ShOnld have better
h aith. Then aS to drinking water. There
are rs springs FEEDING the Mammrt and
Hope Rivers, whicll are all polluted ly the
drainage from villages On the banks AMI
from Newcastle. Besides this the reeple